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Thanks legend, replied

Thanks friendo

I have just learnt it is the American version of the term, so naturally it doesn't make sense. I was hoping it would help distinguish "general practitioner" (GP/family doctor) with "general physician" (medical specialist) which are commonly confused, even until recently by myself.

Any DT legends been referred to (or know of) a notably on-the-ball internal medicine specialist/general physician that practices privately? They seem kinda hard to find and don't want to end up with a flop, given the price tag, so hoping to consider at least one or two options additional to the one my GP suggested.

What has the world come to when our ostensibly under-funded and under-resourced police resort to begging for food in the street.

Edit: Can't type very well while snarking today, apparently.

What the hell is this?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-03/pro-palestinian-march-sydney-melbourne-august-3/105605280#live-blog-post-209580

Helga's Mixed Grain bread "New & Improved" = 850g down to 800g. Fuck you personally, Helga.

Edit: White bread went from 750 to 700g too.

Edit 2: Also they are now in the "never goes on special" price category.

Funny one, but realising I'm having a mutual break-up with my GP. He's suggested someone else who seems OK but is a bit far away from me. Time to do some research I guess!

I would want a gastro specialist to really go through the risks for my specific circumstances before I signed up for it.

The reason it can be so powerful are the same that can make it risky -- people have died from poop that contained bad infectious material that was not picked up in screening, but also it might result in a transplant of traits from donors (food preferences, susceptibility to mental health concerns, weight changes etc.). That said, I also have an illness for which I would try any reasonably achievable treatment, even if the possibility of cure was low, and I'd be willing to take on more risk.

I used to conceptualise FMT as a very broad spectrum pro-biotic, but probiotics typically just pass right on through. An FMT really is a total re-colonisation an important system we still barely understand.

I won’t have room to manoeuvre them in

Not the kind of cupboard you can take the doors off of?

Not sure what's changed to have had three different spam callers today. Assuming tax-time scams though. Everyone else important would leave a message or send a text or email.

I think that's why people invented the phrase "hard stop at 3". It's cringe corpo speak but most people get it.